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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Lance Batchelor (MBA 1993)
“Operating under intense pressure.” —Similarities between submarines, the classroom, and the boardroom Lance Batchelor (MBA 1993) served in the British Royal Navy for eight years, retiring as a lieutenant. The former CEO of Domino’s Pizza...
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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Richard Kondo (MBA 1999)
“My most rewarding mission.” —Blending military leadership and private industry best practices Richard Kondo (MBA 1999) served as a US Navy Submarine Officer in Japan and later pursued a medical device...
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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Gene Markowski (MBA 1973)
“You can’t just give orders in business.” —Unlearning some of the lessons of the military Gene Markowski (MBA 1973) served as an Army Huey helicopter pilot in Vietnam and received the Distinguished Flying Cross View Details
- March 2020 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
Wachtell Lipton: Focused Excellence
By: Ashish Nanda and Margaret Cross
For years, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz—a small, New York City law firm—has consistently boasted the highest profits per partner and one of the highest “prestige” ratings among U.S.-based law firms. The firm has remained loyal to a distinctive strategy ever since its...
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Nanda, Ashish, and Margaret Cross. "Wachtell Lipton: Focused Excellence." Harvard Business School Case 720-396, March 2020. (Revised March 2022.)
- 02 Dec 2018
- News
An Investor’s Guide to Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities
On the 50th floor of a global law firm, overlooking a cold and rainy Manhattan skyline in November, more than 70 Harvard Business School alumni gathered to learn from each other View Details
- 2019
- Working Paper
Self-Interest: The Economist's Straitjacket
By: Robert Simons
This paper examines contemporary economic theories that focus on the design and management of business organizations. In the first part of the paper, a taxonomy is presented that describes the different types of economists interested in this subject—market economists,...
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Keywords:
Self-interest;
Economist;
Moral Philosophers;
Regulation;
Capture;
Organization Design;
Economy Theory;
Organization Theory;
Management Theory;
Commitment;
Controls;
Governance;
Customers;
Conflict of Interests;
Business or Company Management;
Competition;
Organizational Design;
Business Education;
Agency Theory;
Economics;
Theory;
Boundaries
Simons, Robert. "Self-Interest: The Economist's Straitjacket." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-045, October 2015. (Revised January 2019.)
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Balance work on your business and in your community
Marlin Miller, Jr. (MBA 1956), cofounder and director of Norwich Ventures, on balancing working on your business and working for your community. (Published April 2014)
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- 07 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends
of time the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has spent trying to write the regulations around it. The SEC wants to encourage individuals to make investment decisions, but they don’t want to open the...
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- December 2018 (Revised May 2021)
- Background Note
Making UK Energy Smarter
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
This case describes the history of the United Kingdom's domestic energy industry and the country's efforts to create a more competitive, greener, and distributed power sector. On July 24, 2017, the United Kingdom government and the industry regulator, the Office of Gas...
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Keywords:
Energy Policy;
Regulation;
Energy Markets;
Subsidies;
Oligopolistic Competition;
Barriers To Entry;
Wholesale;
Electric Vehicle;
Batteries;
Energy Storage;
Competition Policy;
Energy;
Policy;
Renewable Energy;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Vertical Integration;
Competition;
Market Entry and Exit;
Disruption;
Energy Industry;
United Kingdom
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Making UK Energy Smarter." Harvard Business School Background Note 719-438, December 2018. (Revised May 2021.)
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
intending to idealize what we have called the bona fide professions, we believe that the comparison we undertake in this paper has merit as a way of suggesting how management as an institution might be reformed, other than through the blunt instruments of View Details
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
dedicated sleep space—no working from bed. Caffeine, alcohol, and other drugs can degrade sleep quality. Exercise In addition to its physical benefits, aerobic exercise notably improves clarity of thought View Details
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by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
attractive and a workforce that fits their needs - all within a comfortable community where key employees will want to live. Locales that offer an effective infrastructure, a skilled workforce, and...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 11 May 2011
- News
The PMD 70 Tree and Other Memorials at HBS
The groves of academe are fields rich with possibilities for memorial naming, from entire campuses and buildings to individual benches. HBS has honored individuals and groups of people by putting their names...
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- January 2018 (Revised April 2021)
- Case
Capital Allocation at HCA
By: W. Carl Kester and Emily R. McComb
In early 2017, HCA Holdings, an investor-owned hospital management company, faced a strategically important capital allocation decision. After the exit of its private equity sponsors in 2016, HCA had to determine how best to allocate its substantial annual free cash...
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Keywords:
Capital Allocation;
Cash Distribution Policy;
Dividends;
Share Repurchases;
Growth Strategy And Execution;
Growth Investing;
Capital Expenditures;
Debt Management;
Debt Reduction;
Debt Policy;
Hospital Management;
Investor-owned Hospital Chains;
Capital Budgeting;
Capital Structure;
Cash Flow;
Corporate Finance;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Health Industry;
United States
Kester, W. Carl, and Emily R. McComb. "Capital Allocation at HCA." Harvard Business School Case 218-039, January 2018. (Revised April 2021.)
- Research Summary
Overview
My research examines how companies manage environmental issues, occupational safety, and working conditions in global supply chains. More recently, I have also begun researching the drivers and implications of CEO activism, where organizational leaders speak out on...
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Keywords:
Environmental Performance;
Environmental Strategy;
Labor Management;
Transparency;
Institutional Theory;
Economic Analysis;
Quality Improvement;
Operations Management;
Supply Chain;
Regulation;
Environmental Sustainability;
Safety;
Quality;
Climate Change;
Environmental Regulation;
Pollution;
Environmental Management;
Operations;
Supply Chain Management;
Manufacturing Industry;
Construction Industry;
Asia;
Europe;
United States
- February 2009 (Revised October 2012)
- Case
Tata Motors in Singur: Public Purpose and Private Property (B)
By: Laura Alfaro, Lakshmi Iyer and Namrata Arora
In October 2008, Tata Motors canceled their car manufacturing plant in West Bengal state, in the face of widespread farmer protests over land acquisition issues. This meant abandoning a project in which the company had invested $300 million and delaying the launch of...
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Keywords:
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Rights;
Emerging Markets;
Property;
Business and Government Relations;
Conflict and Resolution;
Auto Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
West Bengal
Alfaro, Laura, Lakshmi Iyer, and Namrata Arora. "Tata Motors in Singur: Public Purpose and Private Property (B)." Harvard Business School Case 709-029, February 2009. (Revised October 2012.)
- 14 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots
on the Ideal Gas Law and its effects on a football’s pounds per square inch (PSI) of air pressure. TRADITION OF SUCCESS The class discussion evolved from whether the Patriots were guilty of doctoring...
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- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
between competitors in health care markets—whether payers or providers. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52843 May 2017 Strategic Organization Firms, Crowds, and Innovation By: Felin, Teppo, Karim R....
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Sean Silverthorne
- June 1999 (Revised August 2004)
- Case
The National Hockey League's New Television Contract for 2004 and Beyond
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Elizabeth (Lisa) Smyth
The National Hockey League (NHL) has negotiated a new television contract at record rights-fee levels for hockey. The NHL will be shifting its principal television partner from Fox to ESPN/ABC. Students are asked to analyze the current and future contracts in terms of...
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Keywords:
Budgets and Budgeting;
Television Entertainment;
Contracts;
Marketing Communications;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Partners and Partnerships;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Greyser, Stephen A., and Elizabeth (Lisa) Smyth. "The National Hockey League's New Television Contract for 2004 and Beyond." Harvard Business School Case 599-108, June 1999. (Revised August 2004.)
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53548 November 14, 2017 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Handgun Waiting Periods Reduce Gun Deaths By: Luca, Michael, Deepak Malhotra, and...
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Sean Silverthorne